THOMAS PURCELL "SUSAN POLGAR" CITYSCAP

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THOMAS W. PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1949�2023) MIXED MEDIA (COLOURED PENCIL, ACRYLIC, AND COLLAGE) ON CRADLED WOOD PANEL, UNSIGNED A DENSE, VISIONARY ARCHITECTURAL HARBOUR CITYSCAPE SHOWING SOARING SPIRED SKYSCRAPERS, DOMED CONSERVATORIES OVERLOOKING A WATERFRONT WITH A RIGGED SHIP 12 X 16 IN UNFRAMED THOMAS W. PURCELL WAS A CANADIAN ARTIST AND DEDICATED EDUCATOR WHOSE CREATIVE PRACTICE EMERGED FROM A LIFELONG DEVOTION TO THE DRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE EVERYDAY. WHILE PRIMARILY AUTODIDACTIC, HIS WORK TRANSCENDED ITS ORIGINS IN SPONTANEOUS SKETCHES TO BECOME A SERIES OF EXPRESSIVE, IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITIONS. GUIDED BY AN INNATE SENSE OF FORM AND A RESTLESS CURIOSITY, PURCELL�S ART IS DEFINED BY ITS VIBRANT AUTHENTICITY AND A PLAYFUL, UNDERSTATED DEPTH THAT REWARDS PATIENT OBSERVATION.

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